🦀 Maryoshka

Grade: (English) In alpha taxonomy, a grade is a taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity. The term was coined by British biologist Julian Huxley, to contrast with clade, a strictly phylogenetic unit.

Personality: Detail-oriented, Persnickety, Old-fashioned, Stubborn

Likes: Organizing Things, Micromanaging Everyone, Paleontology, Spot-the-Difference Puzzles

Dislikes: New Things, Genetics, Other Folks' Organizing Systems

Design Notes:

• Relatively large, but lanky
• Missing left arm from just below the elbow down (no scars, no prosthetic)
• Green on hands, feet, and spot markings glows, as does the orange tail bulb (but their leafy sail and orange eyes aren't glowy)
• Can be drawn with stylized anatomy or with more realistic Parasaurolophus anatomy!

Character Notes:

• Name is like matryoshka but without the T (they are deeply offended whenever someone mistakenly adds a T to their name or assumes the lack of T is a typo, but they're fine with nicknames like "Mar")
• Aromantic